Speech on the Pen is Mightier than the Sword – 4

"Good Evening Ladies and Gentleman, let’s welcome all the journalists and writers to today’s ceremony and applaud them for their work.

The power of the journalists and writers wrests in a pen. Yes, ladies and gentleman you heard it right! After all, there is a great saying that the pen is mightier than the sword and it is mightier in all respects. The power that a pen holds is enormous when compared to a sword. Besides, the impact of a pen is far-reaching and huge whereas the impact of a sword is short-lived. This is the reason why it is said that what a pen can achieve cannot be achieved with the pointed edge of a sword. It is the tiny tip of the pen, which leads to all the wonders and ink acts as the medium.

Clearly, this saying that the pen is mightier than the sword suggests the writing power. And this power is so magical that it can make the world follow you and transform the feeling of hatred into love, fight into friendship and war into peace.

I hope you all remember those timeless stories that our grandparents used to tell us and the kind of impact those stories have had on us in our growing years. We still cherish those stories and remember the lessons derived from them. Therefore, stories and great books never die and remain timeless. After all, you can forget a war, but never an excellent story. Wars only bring destruction and annihilation of human race whereas a book both teaches and delights. All this clearly supports the fact that the pen is indeed mightier than the sword.

Books allows us free thinking and never bind us whereas war not only destroys, but also lead to the enslavement of the weak people and poverty as well as deprivation. Whereas wars destroy, books construct. Books help us become fearless and develop individuality, on the other hand war create fear in everyone. One cannot accomplish anything through war, but a complete annihilation of countries, culture and humanity while books act as a medium to see the world through different eyes and explore various places, countries and islands without actually going anywhere.

A great writer possesses immense power within himself/herself as he/she can transform the world, wipe off evil and help the world progress. The history has it that there have been phenomenal writers who not only had a charismatic personality, but were also great reformers. Please allow me to mention a few of them, viz. Mahatma Gandhi, Swami Vivekananda, John Keats, Adam Smith, Machiavelli, Plato, maxim Gorky, Thomas Paine, Marx, Stewart Mill, etc.

So believe in creative power rather than violence and encourage people around you to adopt non-violent methods and help restore peace on this earth. There is nothing that a great work cannot achieve. If you have the knack to be a writer then you must come forward and share your thoughts through writing just like our journalists and other writers do. This is all I have to say!

Thank You!
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